The Tolino Alliance was formed in 2013 and their mandate was to combat Amazon in Germany. This was the first time Thalia, Weltbild, Hugendubel, Club Bertelsmann, Deutsche Telekom banded together to sell their own e-readers and digital books. Today, the alliance has announced the brand new Tolino Vision 2, which is a waterproof e-reader and will come out this November. The … [Read more...] about Waterproof Tolino Vision 2 Unveiled
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Tolino Vision Review
The Tolino Vision was released early April in Germany and was billed as a Kindle Killer by the Tolino Alliance, which comprises of Deutsche Telekom, Hugendubel, Thalia, Bertelsmann and World View. The intention behind the Vision was to be the definitive device to own if you speak German and taps into an extensive eBook Store with over 1.2 million titles. How does this reader … [Read more...] about Tolino Vision Review
Tolino Vision Hopes to be a Kindle Killer
The Tolino Alliance has been making e-readers for the last two years. Major players of the initiative include Deutsche Telekom, Hugendubel, Thalia, Bertelsmann and World View. All of these companies banded together in a bid to fend off Amazon dominance in the German marketplace. The e-readers are sold in major phone shops, bookstores and tech shops. The first two generations of … [Read more...] about Tolino Vision Hopes to be a Kindle Killer
Hands on with the Tolino Tab 7 and 8.9
The Tolino Group has been pushing their dedicated Shine e-Reader in the retail sector since last year. The one disadvantage they had with a singular device is not appealing to people who wanted multi-purpose tablets. Today, they sought to remedy this situation by unveiling the Tolino Tab 7 and Tolino Tab 8.9. The hope, is to compete against Amazon and Kobo's portfolio of new … [Read more...] about Hands on with the Tolino Tab 7 and 8.9
Hands on with the Tolino Shine 2
The Tolino Shine 2 e-Reader was unveiled at the Frankfurt Book Fair today and seeks to compete against Amazon and Kobo in Germany. The production and marketing of this unit is done in conjunction with Hugendubel, Thalia, Bertelsmann Club, and Deutsche Telekom. These companies are really taking the Amazon threat seriously because last year was the first time they have all … [Read more...] about Hands on with the Tolino Shine 2
Several Tablets and e-Readers Revealed at Frankfurt Book Fair
With a greater-than-ever focus on digital publishing at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair, several companies took advantage of the attendance and industry focus to launch or offer sneak previews of their ereaders and tablets. One of the rumors before the event was that Tolino would get a facelift, but the European e-reader, created in a unique partnership between five … [Read more...] about Several Tablets and e-Readers Revealed at Frankfurt Book Fair
First Look at the Tolino Shine e-Reader
The Tolino Shine features a six inch e-ink Pearl display with a resolution of 1024×758 pixels. You will be able to garner around seven weeks of battery life and store 2,000 ebooks on it with 4 GB of storage. If you need more memory, you can upgrade it via the Micro SD card. It primarily will read EPUB and PDF files. It does have support for Adobe Digital Editions, so you can … [Read more...] about First Look at the Tolino Shine e-Reader